YYF14: Unfortunately, this is as far as I got. I'm gonna have to start writing fast if I wanna keep up my daily updates. But, that isn't always easy, so... for now, I'm going to be either updating daily or every other day, maybe every two days if I'm stuck. I'll post my status on my profile, mostly to keep myself working. Ugh... anyway, I hope you guys like what I came up with for this chapter. So, I'll stop talking and you can read.
The next morning, Yusuke woke early. He couldn't hear anybody else moving around, so he started to go back to sleep, but then something poked him in the back. He sat up quickly, looking around, but only saw Puu sitting next to him.
"What is it, buddy?" Yusuke whispered. "It's still early."
Puu had a worried look on his face, but didn't say anything.
"Spit it out, Puu. What's wrong?"
Puu lifted his ears, pointing one at Yusuke and one at Koenma. "Puu. Puuuuuuu…"
"You were saying this earlier. Something about Koenma and me?"
Puu nodded.
"Then what is it?"
A scared feeling came from Puu. He didn't say anything, but the feeling was strong enough.
"Something's going to happen that scares us?"
However, Puu was so scared, he couldn't respond, and even though Yusuke tried to calm him down, he wouldn't make sense.
"Fine, if you're going to be difficult, I'm going to sleep for another few hours."
Yusuke lay down and ignored Puu, quickly falling asleep. Puu watched Yusuke worriedly, wrapping his long ears around himself.
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Off somewhere else in Britain, Lord Voldemort was plotting a new way to get to Harry Potter. He had been sensing very strong power recently, and he was trying to think of a way to use that power to do what he wanted to do. The power was currently residing at Hogwarts. Of course.
He concentrated on the power, a vision of where it was forming in his mind. Two teenage boys? Two boys were the source of this power? No matter. This would make it easier.
Voldemort raised his wand and a smoke version of himself appeared. He smirked. This was a spell he had made up himself. You could duplicate yourself and possess a person for a prolonged period of time. If he could possess one of the boys with this power, he would be in control of it and be able to find a way to use it to destroy Potter. He sent the duplicate off to Hogwarts, and ordered it to possess the black haired boy. He was in between asleep and awake, the easiest time for the possession to work.
Now, since it was a very complex spell, he would only be able to do it for certain lengths at a time, so he had to choose his timing carefully, and make sure that nothing got in his way.
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The next morning at breakfast, Yusuke and Koenma were both quiet. Yusuke wasn't feeling like himself that morning, and didn't want to say anything that would be rude, like when they were back at Diagon Alley. Koenma was quiet because of what had happened the night before with Yusuke. All in all, it was a very uncomfortable silence in that part of the Gryffindor table.
Finally Yusuke spoke up, choosing his words carefully.
"Which class do we have first?" he asked Harry. Since he and Koenma had the same schedules as Harry and Ron, they were letting Harry tell them where to go. After all, he knew the school better.
"Let's see… we all have Potions first…" Harry groaned. "With the Slytherins."
"Are you serious?" Ron asked, looking at his own schedule. "We always have Potions with them!"
"So you shouldn't be surprised," Hermione put in. The boys rolled their eyes, but they knew she was right.
Suddenly, a loud noise distracted them all. Ron looked up towards a hole in the roof, smiling.
"The mail's here."
The first years watched in amazement as the many owls swooped in from the outside, dropping their packages and letters precisely over the recipient. The chaos only lasted for a minute or so, then the owls left, and the chatter resumed.
"Aw, I didn't get anything," Ron said, disappointed. Harry shrugged.
"I never get anything either, unless it's from Sirius," he said.
"But that's you. You don't have a million people who know you enough to write to you. I have brothers and parents and stuff."
The two then started discussing letters and packages they had gotten, and other things about owls. Yusuke looked at them, confused, then turned to Hermione.
"Do they do this a lot?"
"What? Discuss things that don't matter? Yes, unfortunately."
The bell rang, startling Harry and Ron from their conversation.
"So, where's the classroom?" Yusuke asked as the five of them left the Great Hall.
"It's in the dungeons," Harry replied. "Follow us."
As they reached the classroom door, they saw Malfoy waiting for them.
"So, I have classes with the new kids," he drawled. "Great."
"Shut it, Malfoy," Ron muttered. The rest of the group ignored Malfoy and filed into the classroom. However, just before Yusuke and Koenma could enter, Malfoy grabbed Koenma's wrist.
"Good luck," he said insultingly. "You'll need it. This class isn't meant for newbies."
A surprised look came over his face, and he let go of Koenma.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked, a slightly confused sound to his voice. "You're just skin and bones!"
Yusuke glared at Malfoy and walked over to where Harry and his friends were sitting. Koenma followed. Once they had sat down, Yusuke started to talk in Japanese.
"Koenma? You okay?"
"Yeah, he didn't get the bruise, but I really don't like him."
"Just ignore him. He an immature idiot. Kuwabara looks like a genius compared to that Malfoy kid." (A:N: Sorry, Kuwa, but I just had to put that. To me it seemed like something Yusuke would say.)
Koenma laughed at that, then looked up at the door. "Yusuke, the teacher's energy doesn't feel particularly nice. Maybe we should be careful."
Once the teacher stepped in, all of the students sat up straight. Yusuke realized why once he had seen the teacher's face. He looked even sterner than that McGonagall lady.
"Welcome to Potions class," the teacher said in a cold voice. "Since I've had you all before, there are no rules to explain. The instructions for today are on the board, the ingredients you will need that are not in your kits are in the cupboard. You may begin."
Yusuke stared at the board for a moment, then turned to Harry.
"Harry, we haven't taken this class before. What are we supposed to do?"
"Find the ingredients on the board that you have, then get the ones that you don't have from the cupboard, then put them in in the order that it says and then follow the stirring instructions from there."
Yusuke took another look at the board and sighed. "I don't think this class is going to be much fun."
When there were five minutes left in the class, the teacher stood and instructed that everyone stop and get back to their seat. He started to walk through the rows, inspecting everyone's cauldron.
Yusuke was nervous, even if he wasn't showing it. This was his first class in this school, and he highly doubted he did it right. Koenma was thinking the same thing.
"Potter…and Weasley… acceptable. Granger… perfect." He stopped in front of Yusuke.
"I don't believe I know your name."
"Yusuke Urameshi. I'm one of the new students."
"Yes…let's see…" Snape paused, and Yusuke bit his lip, hoping he didn't do anything wrong.
"Exceeds expectations, Mr. Urameshi. Better than I would have expected from a new student in this level. Your friend as well. You both have done… well... for a first day."
Yusuke blinked in surprise, and his friends stared at him, amazed. Snape simply returned to his desk and sat.
"Class dismissed."
YYF14: Well, I hope that was good. The Potions class wasn't too exciting, but oh well. Next chapter I'll try to get in two classes. I'm thinking of doing Care of Magical Creatures and Transfiguration. That might help me get out of writer's block. Those classes have a lot of possiblilities. Again, sorry about the Kuwa joke, for all those Kuwa fans who might actually want to read this. Anyway, I'll update as soon as I can, and review if you wish!
